Tax

Ivanka Trump helped introduce her father's childcare plan in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that she was a driving force behind the proposal to make child care expenses tax deductible.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s child-care plan would guarantee six weeks of paid maternity leave to working mothers, and Trump’s daughter Ivanka will join him in suburban Pennsylvania as he discusses the issue, his campaign said Tuesday.

When Apple Inc. was ordered by European regulators to pay $14.5 billion plus interest in back taxes to Ireland, the giant technology company seemed to be facing an expensive headache. Turns out it’s a headache for the U.S. Treasury Department as well.

Families who have been paying a babysitter or nanny over the summer to provide childcare may be able to cut back now that school is in session, but that doesn’t mean they can avoid the so-called “nanny tax.”

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Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan hit back at the European Union after it ordered him to recoup a record 13 billion euros ($14.7 billion) from Apple Inc., saying his country is leading the way on countering tax avoidance.

About two weeks after Denmark revealed it had lost as much as $4 billion in taxes through a combination of fraud and mismanagement, the minister in charge of revenue collection says that figure may need to be revised even higher.

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How often do you read headlines in the local business journal about companies receiving state and local incentives to expand or relocate? Are your clients in the headlines for incentive deals? If not, you may be able to help them get there—and create a lot of value and goodwill in the process.